Ho-hum… another day, another mass shooting in America. We must look so ridiculous to our brethren across the Western world. Not just because we have a Day-Glo orange, pompous pile of crap as a presidential candidate, but mainly because we continue to...
The word “puto” has become a major issue for the International Federation of Association Football, or FIFA, and the Mexican national soccer team. The word has become the central part of a ritual present in almost any soccer game in Mexico.
Every...
When you meet a Donald J. Trump supporter it’s pretty easy to assume some things. It's easy to assume that they are prejudiced, maybe even racist. It's easy to assume they are short sided to the point of willfully ignorant. While being middle aged...
After attending the Thursday, May 7, 2016 UTEP Dinner Theater rendition of “The Fiddler on the Roof,” I became disoriented and could not find my vehicle on the new pedestrian-friendly campus. I walked with my 80-year-old friend for 15 minutes, and...
My friends who have been traveling with me, Sarah, Summer and I had a daylong layover in Kiev, Ukraine after flying from Athens. We immediately learned that our flight to New York was canceled due to a severe snowstorm.
As we walked out to...
Two of my close friends and I took a plane from Istanbul to Athens, and the two-hour flight was smooth and fast. While in the plane, I kept staring out the window and admiring the beauty of Greece’s geographical nature. The mountains on the ocean made...
Love or hate your team for their choice, the NFL Draft is over and rookie training camps will begin starting the week of May 12. Some are either extremely confident in their team’s draft class and anticipate a great season, while others are still upset...
Some goodbyes are harder to say than others, which is probably why I have delayed it for so long. I have spent the majority of my adulthood in and out of college. It’s been like a toxic relationship, you break up and get back together frequently.
But...
My life before The Prospector is a blur. That may sound like an exaggeration, but before I walked into 105 Union Building East five years ago, the thought of my future resembled something like a Picasso painting—the shapes, lines and hues coming together...
I must have told at least 30 people that I was doing “pretty good” this weekend. No one really cares how you’re doing, not really, but it’s a necessary question to ask when greeting someone. That’s what it is now, a greeting.
It used to be...
It’s more impactful than political comments on Facebook. It means more than the “Feel the Bern” T-shirts, and the “Make America Great Again” baseball caps.
It’s street art. Art that is powerful enough to prevent drone strikes in Pakistan...
During a last few days in Rome, Sarah and I decided to hop on a train to visit, Florence, the capital of Tuscany.
On our way to the train station we stumbled across a man who claimed he worked for tourist information and so we believed him....